NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: Breakout phenom Kenya Grace landed her first #1 in her native U.K., at U.S. Dance radio and the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart with her single “Strangers,” becoming the only female artist ever to top the latter chart as a sole writer, producer and performer. Grace shares that title with Kate Bush for the U.K. #1, which the rising star has held for three consecutive weeks as of press time. The single has also spent seven weeks atop the Shazam Dance chart, with a #3 peak on Spotify’s Global chart.
SINGLE: “Strangers”
RELEASE DATE: 9/1
LIVE: Kicked off her first EU/U.S. tour on 10/22, with nearly all dates sold out and her first L.A. show selling out in less than 30 minutes
INTERNET: 31m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 274m+ global stream on “Strangers,” 10m+ U.S. streams per week; official sound used across 3m+ videos with 100b+ plays; socials grew by 300% in three months; 100m+ YouTube weekly views
RADIO: #1 Most Added at Top 40 upon impact on 10/4; early leaders include KIIS-L.A. and Z100; #1 at Dance radio
PRESS: Vogue, Rolling Stone, Clash, Wonderland, more
BOOKING: Scott Schreiber & Samantha Kirby Yoh/UTA
PUBLISHING: Warner Chappell
MANAGEMENT: Nick Shymansky & Nick Huggett/Day One Entertainment